Display shelf



June 14, 1932. w HARBlSON 1,862,593

DISPLAY SHELF Filed Feb. 15, 1951 2 sheets-shes? 1 A ftorney June 14,1932. .1. w. HARBISON DISPLAY SHELF Filed Feb. 13, 1931 2. Sheets-Sheet2 A tlomey Patented June 14, 1932 ATNT OFFICE JAMES W. HARIBISON, OFYOUNGSTOWN, OHIO DISPLAY SHELF Application filed February 13, 1931.

This invention relates to a device useful for carrying articles, and fordisplaying articles carried therein, the primary object of theinvent-ion being to provide a combined carrier and display caseespecially adapted for carrying and displaying pastry, such as pies andthe like.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a device of thetype above mentioned which will afford a dustproo-f container or casingfor accommodating the pies or the like and to insure the pies or likecommodities kept therein being in a thoroughly sanitary state.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent froma study of the following description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the combined carrier and display case.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view thorethrough takensubstantially on the line 22 of Figure 8.

Figure 3 is an elevational view, the closure or door of the case beingshown in broken lines as swung to an open position, the illustrationfurther showing the manner of arranging and supporting a plurality ofthe casings disposed one upon the other.

Figure 4 is a vertical transverse sectional view taken substantially onthe line H of Figure 8.

With reference more in detail to the drawings, it will be seen that thecombined carrier and casing comprises a substantially box like casingdesignated generally by the reference character 5, the casing beingelongated, and open on one side thereof. For the open side of the casingthere is provided a closure or door 6, the same being hinged to the topwall 7 of casing as at 8. The door 6 comprises a suitable framestructure within which is mounted a transparent panel such as glass sothat the contents of the casing may be readily viewed when the door orclosure 6 is in a closed condition.

Each end wall 9 of the casing has secured thereto as at 10 one end of achain 11. Chains 11 at their free ends are provided with suit- SerialNo. 515,622.

able fastening devices 12 for engagement with eyes 13 provided on door 6for retaining the door in closed condition.

Interiorly of the casing 7 and supported between the end walls 9 of thecasing are Vertically spaced shelves 14. Each of the shelves l-l isprovided with one or more depressions 15 of a suitable depth and shapefor accommodating pie tins or the like 16.

Adjacent each depression 15, each shelf 14 is provided with an indenture17 so as to facilitate removal of a pie 10 from its depres sion 15either by the fingers, a knife or any other suitable tool.

The shelves 1 1; are braced with respect to one another through themedium of vertical transverse partitions 18.

Suitably secured to the top wall 7 of the casing is a suitable handle 19to facilitate the carrying of the casing. Each end wall 9 at the top ofthe casing is extended upwardly and then bent upon itself to provide atransverse rib 20. At the bottom of the casing, each end wall 9 isextended below the bottom of the casing and offset inwardly as at 21 theoffset portion being bent upon itself to provide a reinforced rib 22extending transversely of the casing.

It will be seen that when two or more casings are disposed one above theother ribs 22 of the uppermost casing are supported on the top wall 7 ofthe lower casing to contact the inner faces of the ribs 20 provided atthe top of the lower casing whereby the uppermost casing will besupported and retained against longitudinal movement relative to thelowermost casing. Thus two or more casings arranged one above the othermay be utilized as a show case when desired. no

When the casing is used as a carrier, for carrying pies or the like fromone place to another, it will be seen that the tins for the pies beingplaced within the depression 15 will be suitably supported and arrangedwithin the casing against casual displacement so that the casing may becarried about without danger of the pies shifting their position, thusinsuring the pies being kept from crowding one another resulting in dam-1 age and otherwise rendering the pies unsalable.

Even though I have herein shown and described the preferred embodimentof the invention, it is to be understood that the same is susceptible ofchanges, modifications and improvements coming within the scope of theappended claim.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new is:

A shelf provided with a depression for receiving a pie plate, and anindenture extending inwardly from one edge of the shelf, and having aninclined bottom merging with the bottom of the depression, saidindenture c011- stitut-ing a knife guide whereby an end of the knifewill be guided downwardly and inwardly to engage the under side of thepie plate to thereby raise the pie plate upon r0- tation of the bladewith the edge of the shelf acting as a fulcrum for the blade.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

JAMES W. HARRISON.

